HUH?

We went out to eat at Western Sizzlin' after church this morning. Zach kept saying that he wanted a steak, and I wasn't sure what I wanted to get him, so I asked the lady how much a kids' buffet was. She said what sounded like, "Forty cents a ear." I parroted back to her, "Forty cents a ear?" She said, " Yes." I was like, okay..... I guess that means per kid. She then asked for the age of each of our kids. When we got to the table, I looked at the receipt, and the meal cost $1.60 for Brittany who is now four, and $2.oo for Zach. I was thinking, how in the world did they come up with that? Spencer took a look at the receipt, and figured it out. They charge $.40 per year!
Hence, Brittany's cost and Zach's cost. Have you ever heard of anything like that before???????
Spencer had thought the woman had said "Forty cents a ear" too. Either way you look at it, Forty cents a ear or a year, is a little strange to me!!!!!